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July 13, 2023
The US Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action in university admissions has struck at the heart of the ‘American dream’.
https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-supreme-court-kicks-away-the-ladder
BY ANTARA HALDAR 12th July 2023
Fifteen years ago, I watched in rapt attention as a resplendent, yet surreal, scene unfolded—the election of the first-ever African-American United States president, Barack Obama. Late last month, the Supreme Court, in a landmark 6-3 ruling, struck down what may have been one of the key factors in making that story possible—affirmative action in higher education.
In an opinion drafted by the chief justice, John Roberts, the court rejected race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard (Obama’s law-school alma mater) and the University of North Carolina on the grounds that they ‘cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause’ of the 14th amendment to the constitution. The dissenting opinion was, fittingly, delivered by Sonia Sotomayor, an Obama appointee and the first Supreme Court justice of Latin American origin. Sotomayor lamented that the decision ‘rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress’.
Sharp drop
Judging by the experience of even liberal states such as Michigan and California (two of nine to have already rejected affirmative action), the court’s decision is likely to lead to a sharp drop in the number of black and latino/a students at undergraduate level, as well as at professional schools. It also opens policies such as corporate diversity programmes, which ramped up after the murder of George Floyd in 2020, to judicial scrutiny. After the Dobbs ruling last year eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, this is the second time the court has upended years of jurisprudence on a highly charged issue (it has also, recently, upheld the right to discriminate against the LGBT+ community).
Notably, in all these cases, nothing material has changed—save for the composition of the court. Conservatives’ reaction to the affirmative-action ruling has been rousing, with endorsements pouring in from Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, and with much of the credit going to Donald Trump (who as president appointed three of the six conservative justices). Conservatives have played the long game, especially on court appointments, and now they are reaping the rewards of their finely-tuned ideological machine. The current president, Joe Biden, described it as ‘not a normal court’.
‘Matrix of mobility’....................
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The Supreme Court kicks away the ladder
The US Supreme Court’s decision to ban affirmative action in university admissions has struck at the heart of the ‘American dream’.
https://www.socialeurope.eu/the-supreme-court-kicks-away-the-ladder
BY ANTARA HALDAR 12th July 2023
Fifteen years ago, I watched in rapt attention as a resplendent, yet surreal, scene unfolded—the election of the first-ever African-American United States president, Barack Obama. Late last month, the Supreme Court, in a landmark 6-3 ruling, struck down what may have been one of the key factors in making that story possible—affirmative action in higher education.
In an opinion drafted by the chief justice, John Roberts, the court rejected race-conscious admissions policies at Harvard (Obama’s law-school alma mater) and the University of North Carolina on the grounds that they ‘cannot be reconciled with the guarantees of the Equal Protection Clause’ of the 14th amendment to the constitution. The dissenting opinion was, fittingly, delivered by Sonia Sotomayor, an Obama appointee and the first Supreme Court justice of Latin American origin. Sotomayor lamented that the decision ‘rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress’.
Sharp drop
Judging by the experience of even liberal states such as Michigan and California (two of nine to have already rejected affirmative action), the court’s decision is likely to lead to a sharp drop in the number of black and latino/a students at undergraduate level, as well as at professional schools. It also opens policies such as corporate diversity programmes, which ramped up after the murder of George Floyd in 2020, to judicial scrutiny. After the Dobbs ruling last year eliminated the constitutional right to abortion, this is the second time the court has upended years of jurisprudence on a highly charged issue (it has also, recently, upheld the right to discriminate against the LGBT+ community).
Notably, in all these cases, nothing material has changed—save for the composition of the court. Conservatives’ reaction to the affirmative-action ruling has been rousing, with endorsements pouring in from Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley, and with much of the credit going to Donald Trump (who as president appointed three of the six conservative justices). Conservatives have played the long game, especially on court appointments, and now they are reaping the rewards of their finely-tuned ideological machine. The current president, Joe Biden, described it as ‘not a normal court’.
‘Matrix of mobility’....................
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July 13, 2023
By the way, Donald Trump is only three years younger.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/joe-biden-donald-trump-gop-2024-election
https://archive.li/mMk1w
The Republican National Committee wants everyone to know that President Joe Biden, like many Americans on a hot Saturday in July, was at the beach. “A shirtless Joe Biden enjoys a relaxing day at the beach,” read a tweet from the RNC’s research arm. “Biden has spent 353 days — 39.2% of his presidency — on vacation.” The tweet, which included a video of Biden on the beach, was later branded with a community note: “This count includes any days not spent at the White House, including weekends, which Biden spends in Delaware. Presidents may still work while away from the White House and are, in fact, expected to travel as part of diplomatic outreach.” Nevertheless, the tweet surely served its purpose in accusing Biden of lying down on the job, but also, by showing him “shirtless,” in reminding voters that the president is 80 years old. If the RNC’s tweet was more implicitly highlighting the president’s senior status, some on the right have been more explicit. “Yes, Biden Is Too Old to Serve as President,” declared the editors of National Review.
https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1677821143724572673
It seems that Republicans are obsessed with Biden’s age because that’s pretty much all they have to run on in 2024. In recent election cycles, Republicans could run on opposing mask mandates (no longer relevant); crime (the murder rate is falling); the Southern border (ending Title 42 was supposed to result in a sea of migrants, yet daily crossings are significantly down); inflation (also down), opposition to abortion (they already got Roe overturned, a politically unpopular move); and anti-LGBTQ+ rights. Sure, Republicans will still exaggerate the potential crisis that crime and inflation and unchecked immigration could pose, and stoke fears about “wokeness” run amok. But it’ll be harder to sell such talking points to journalists—and importantly—voters.
Whereas Biden is actually old. A May 2023 NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll showed that “almost 4 in 10 Democrats said his mental fitness was a real concern as did 7 in 10 independents and, as expected, more than 8 in 10 Republicans.” The president’s age is certainly fair game in covering the upcoming election; Vanity Fair, for one, has explored the issue. But that doesn’t mean Biden’s status as an octogenarian is going to propel Republicans back to the White House. Because the Biden age discourse only works if he’s running against a much younger candidate, like Florida governor Ron DeSantis (44), Miami mayor Francis Suarez, or tech bro Vivek Ramaswamy (37). And while some in the GOP field—along with one self-described Democrat—are trying to out-push-up each other in a kind of testosterone primary, it increasingly looks like Donald Trump’s nomination to lose. Maybe these guys have a shot if Trump gets hit by lightning, though it’s just as easy to see the 77-year-old former guy keep going and win the nomination anyway.
Republicans are hoping they can use age as a cudgel to beat the president. But opening the door to this could boomerang back at them. The problem for Republicans is that Biden is only three years older than Trump. In 2020, voters compared the two men and Biden won. It’s hard to imagine how, three years later, Biden will seem less healthy than Trump. After all, Biden is athletic. He starts every morning on the Peloton and lifting weights; he goes to bed early. Biden is photographed exercising, and Trump is known for his love of fast food (though leans more toward McDonald’s than Dairy Queen). There are lots of voters who like fast food more than exercise, myself included, but if your platform is essentially “my guy is healthier,” the fast-food pics are going to hurt your case. Or, Republicans can hope voters take the assurance of now-MAGA congressman Ronny Jackson, who, as White House physician, declared that Trump “has incredibly good genes, and it’s just the way God made him.” But we also know Trump was hospitalized for COVID during his presidency, and who was likely sicker than his administration admitted.
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Molly Jong-Fast: Yes, Joe Biden Is Old. Is That All Republicans Have to Run On?
By the way, Donald Trump is only three years younger.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/07/joe-biden-donald-trump-gop-2024-election
https://archive.li/mMk1w
The Republican National Committee wants everyone to know that President Joe Biden, like many Americans on a hot Saturday in July, was at the beach. “A shirtless Joe Biden enjoys a relaxing day at the beach,” read a tweet from the RNC’s research arm. “Biden has spent 353 days — 39.2% of his presidency — on vacation.” The tweet, which included a video of Biden on the beach, was later branded with a community note: “This count includes any days not spent at the White House, including weekends, which Biden spends in Delaware. Presidents may still work while away from the White House and are, in fact, expected to travel as part of diplomatic outreach.” Nevertheless, the tweet surely served its purpose in accusing Biden of lying down on the job, but also, by showing him “shirtless,” in reminding voters that the president is 80 years old. If the RNC’s tweet was more implicitly highlighting the president’s senior status, some on the right have been more explicit. “Yes, Biden Is Too Old to Serve as President,” declared the editors of National Review.
https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1677821143724572673
It seems that Republicans are obsessed with Biden’s age because that’s pretty much all they have to run on in 2024. In recent election cycles, Republicans could run on opposing mask mandates (no longer relevant); crime (the murder rate is falling); the Southern border (ending Title 42 was supposed to result in a sea of migrants, yet daily crossings are significantly down); inflation (also down), opposition to abortion (they already got Roe overturned, a politically unpopular move); and anti-LGBTQ+ rights. Sure, Republicans will still exaggerate the potential crisis that crime and inflation and unchecked immigration could pose, and stoke fears about “wokeness” run amok. But it’ll be harder to sell such talking points to journalists—and importantly—voters.
Whereas Biden is actually old. A May 2023 NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll showed that “almost 4 in 10 Democrats said his mental fitness was a real concern as did 7 in 10 independents and, as expected, more than 8 in 10 Republicans.” The president’s age is certainly fair game in covering the upcoming election; Vanity Fair, for one, has explored the issue. But that doesn’t mean Biden’s status as an octogenarian is going to propel Republicans back to the White House. Because the Biden age discourse only works if he’s running against a much younger candidate, like Florida governor Ron DeSantis (44), Miami mayor Francis Suarez, or tech bro Vivek Ramaswamy (37). And while some in the GOP field—along with one self-described Democrat—are trying to out-push-up each other in a kind of testosterone primary, it increasingly looks like Donald Trump’s nomination to lose. Maybe these guys have a shot if Trump gets hit by lightning, though it’s just as easy to see the 77-year-old former guy keep going and win the nomination anyway.
Republicans are hoping they can use age as a cudgel to beat the president. But opening the door to this could boomerang back at them. The problem for Republicans is that Biden is only three years older than Trump. In 2020, voters compared the two men and Biden won. It’s hard to imagine how, three years later, Biden will seem less healthy than Trump. After all, Biden is athletic. He starts every morning on the Peloton and lifting weights; he goes to bed early. Biden is photographed exercising, and Trump is known for his love of fast food (though leans more toward McDonald’s than Dairy Queen). There are lots of voters who like fast food more than exercise, myself included, but if your platform is essentially “my guy is healthier,” the fast-food pics are going to hurt your case. Or, Republicans can hope voters take the assurance of now-MAGA congressman Ronny Jackson, who, as White House physician, declared that Trump “has incredibly good genes, and it’s just the way God made him.” But we also know Trump was hospitalized for COVID during his presidency, and who was likely sicker than his administration admitted.
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July 12, 2023
https://www.axios.com/2023/07/12/most-americans-support-abortion-poll
The majority of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, according to an AP-NORC poll released Wednesday.
Why it matters: A year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Americans' overall support for access to the procedure remains strong — even as red states continue to pass strict bans. Iowa became the latest state to do so this week, when its Republican-led legislature passed a bill outlawing abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy.
By the numbers: The poll, conducted in late June, found that 64% of U.S. adults believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
Yes, but: Americans are divided when it comes to how far into pregnancy abortion should be allowed. 73% of those surveyed said abortion should be allowed in the first six weeks of pregnancy, including 58% of people living in states with the strictest bans. But overall support drops to 51% when it comes to allowing abortion in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy, and falls to 27% for 24 weeks. There are also stark partisan divides, with Democrats' support for abortion far outweighing that of Republicans.
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Most Americans support abortion access one year after Roe v. Wade: poll
Share of Americans who say their state should allow legal abortion, by time into pregnancyhttps://www.axios.com/2023/07/12/most-americans-support-abortion-poll
The majority of Americans believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, according to an AP-NORC poll released Wednesday.
Why it matters: A year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Americans' overall support for access to the procedure remains strong — even as red states continue to pass strict bans. Iowa became the latest state to do so this week, when its Republican-led legislature passed a bill outlawing abortions after roughly six weeks of pregnancy.
By the numbers: The poll, conducted in late June, found that 64% of U.S. adults believe that abortion should be legal in all or most cases.
Yes, but: Americans are divided when it comes to how far into pregnancy abortion should be allowed. 73% of those surveyed said abortion should be allowed in the first six weeks of pregnancy, including 58% of people living in states with the strictest bans. But overall support drops to 51% when it comes to allowing abortion in the first 15 weeks of pregnancy, and falls to 27% for 24 weeks. There are also stark partisan divides, with Democrats' support for abortion far outweighing that of Republicans.
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July 12, 2023
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/boy-throws-cat-quarry-lancashire-b2373724.html
Police have issued a warning over threats and anti-social behaviour after a video appeared online appearing to show a teenager throwing a cat of a cliff. The clip, shared on social media, appears to show the boy, accompanied by a friend, hurling the animal into water hundreds of ft below at the site of a former quarry in Carnforth, Lancashire.
The feline is seen spinning in the air after it is launched from the ledge and a splash can be seen in the water around five seconds later when the cat hits the water. The Independent has chosen not to publish the video due to its distressing nature.
People found guilty of offences against animals can face an unlimited fine, jail or both. The maximum sentence is five years imprisonment. Lancashire Police said on Tuesday night, after the footage surfaced online, that it was working to establish the exact circumstances of the incident after the footage surfaced.
In an updated statement overnight the force said it had viewed the footage and determined that the incident happened “some time ago”. The force added that the cat was “already dead” at the time of the incident. “While distasteful and obviously upsetting to view we are satisfied no criminal offence has been committed,” it said.
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Police give update after video of boy throwing cat off quarry ledge shared online
Video appears to show teen hurling animal hundreds of feet into water belowhttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/boy-throws-cat-quarry-lancashire-b2373724.html
Police have issued a warning over threats and anti-social behaviour after a video appeared online appearing to show a teenager throwing a cat of a cliff. The clip, shared on social media, appears to show the boy, accompanied by a friend, hurling the animal into water hundreds of ft below at the site of a former quarry in Carnforth, Lancashire.
The feline is seen spinning in the air after it is launched from the ledge and a splash can be seen in the water around five seconds later when the cat hits the water. The Independent has chosen not to publish the video due to its distressing nature.
People found guilty of offences against animals can face an unlimited fine, jail or both. The maximum sentence is five years imprisonment. Lancashire Police said on Tuesday night, after the footage surfaced online, that it was working to establish the exact circumstances of the incident after the footage surfaced.
In an updated statement overnight the force said it had viewed the footage and determined that the incident happened “some time ago”. The force added that the cat was “already dead” at the time of the incident. “While distasteful and obviously upsetting to view we are satisfied no criminal offence has been committed,” it said.
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July 12, 2023
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-schools-militarization-service-war-ukraine-putin/32500453.html
As Moscow’s war against Ukraine rages on, children at schools across Russia can expect to see significant changes to the academic curriculum starting in September -- alterations with a militaristic bent. At a discussion in the lower house of parliament late last month, State Duma Deputy Andrei Kartapolov lamented what he said was the unpreparedness of young volunteers and conscripts joining the Russian military. “They are infantile youths,” said Kartapolov, a member of the Kremlin-controlled United Russia party who chairs the Duma Defense Committee, “who in many respects are not prepared for real life.”
The remedy? Over the next two years, Russian schools will address this purported issue by scrapping its long-standing program called Fundamentals Of Safe Living and replacing it with a block of lectures with the working title Fundamentals Of Safety And Defense Of The Homeland. It is the latest intensification of the thread of “patriotic education” that has run through Russia in Vladimir Putin’s more than two decades as president or prime minister -- and that many critics say prioritizes the goals of the government over the interests of children.
Basic Training
Beginning with the new school year in September, students in 10th grade will be taught the “elements of basic military preparedness.” In addition to drills and instruction in basic military skills, it will also include lectures on the “career prospects” of military service, according to textbooks and teacher’s manuals that have been officially posted online. In 11th grade, such lessons will continue with “the formation of Russian civic identity, patriotism, and a sense of responsibility toward one’s homeland,” as well as the development of “conviction and readiness for service and defense of the Fatherland and a sense of responsibility about its fate.” Other lecture topics to be covered include “the danger of being lured into illegal and antisocial activity” and “the use of young people as a tool for destabilization.”
Students will also be warned about what the documents call the danger of “fakes as an element of information warfare.” Instructors will tell students that “it is illegal to violate norms about the distribution of information about the role of the U.S.S.R. during World War II or to commit public acts aimed at discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation.” In the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the government hastily adopted a series of laws criminalizing the knowing distribution of “false information” about Russian military operations and “discrediting” the Russian armed forces. In February, 18-year-old Maksim Lypkan was sentenced to two months in jail for repeated anti-war statements and actions, becoming the youngest Russian convicted under the new laws.
Two Types Of Hand Grenades.........
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'Readiness For Service': Russia's Schools Continue Marching Toward Militarization
https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-schools-militarization-service-war-ukraine-putin/32500453.html
As Moscow’s war against Ukraine rages on, children at schools across Russia can expect to see significant changes to the academic curriculum starting in September -- alterations with a militaristic bent. At a discussion in the lower house of parliament late last month, State Duma Deputy Andrei Kartapolov lamented what he said was the unpreparedness of young volunteers and conscripts joining the Russian military. “They are infantile youths,” said Kartapolov, a member of the Kremlin-controlled United Russia party who chairs the Duma Defense Committee, “who in many respects are not prepared for real life.”
The remedy? Over the next two years, Russian schools will address this purported issue by scrapping its long-standing program called Fundamentals Of Safe Living and replacing it with a block of lectures with the working title Fundamentals Of Safety And Defense Of The Homeland. It is the latest intensification of the thread of “patriotic education” that has run through Russia in Vladimir Putin’s more than two decades as president or prime minister -- and that many critics say prioritizes the goals of the government over the interests of children.
Basic Training
Beginning with the new school year in September, students in 10th grade will be taught the “elements of basic military preparedness.” In addition to drills and instruction in basic military skills, it will also include lectures on the “career prospects” of military service, according to textbooks and teacher’s manuals that have been officially posted online. In 11th grade, such lessons will continue with “the formation of Russian civic identity, patriotism, and a sense of responsibility toward one’s homeland,” as well as the development of “conviction and readiness for service and defense of the Fatherland and a sense of responsibility about its fate.” Other lecture topics to be covered include “the danger of being lured into illegal and antisocial activity” and “the use of young people as a tool for destabilization.”
Students will also be warned about what the documents call the danger of “fakes as an element of information warfare.” Instructors will tell students that “it is illegal to violate norms about the distribution of information about the role of the U.S.S.R. during World War II or to commit public acts aimed at discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation.” In the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the government hastily adopted a series of laws criminalizing the knowing distribution of “false information” about Russian military operations and “discrediting” the Russian armed forces. In February, 18-year-old Maksim Lypkan was sentenced to two months in jail for repeated anti-war statements and actions, becoming the youngest Russian convicted under the new laws.
Two Types Of Hand Grenades.........
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July 12, 2023
Label: Kompakt Extra – KOMPAKT EXTRA CD2
Format: CD, Mixed
Country: Germany
Released: 3 Sept 2004
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Tech House, Minimal
Tracks:
M.Mayer - Intro
Wighnomy Bros. - Wurz + Blosse
Wolfgang Voigt - Nachschub
Michael Mayer - X
Magnet - Kisskisskiss
Dj Koze - Brutalga Square
Blitz - Are You Ready To Rock
Joachim Spieth - Use Case
Reinhard Voigt - Kontakt 2
Reinhard Voigt - Protekt
Voigt & Voigt - Vision 04
Freiland - Grün (Jens Harke Mix)
Dj Koze - Der Sänger Von St. Georg
Fuchsbau - Null/eins
Naum - Ari
Speicher CD 2 - Various Artists (Kompakt Extra) (2004 - Germany) Techno, Tech House, Minimal
Label: Kompakt Extra – KOMPAKT EXTRA CD2
Format: CD, Mixed
Country: Germany
Released: 3 Sept 2004
Genre: Electronic
Style: Techno, Tech House, Minimal
Tracks:
M.Mayer - Intro
Wighnomy Bros. - Wurz + Blosse
Wolfgang Voigt - Nachschub
Michael Mayer - X
Magnet - Kisskisskiss
Dj Koze - Brutalga Square
Blitz - Are You Ready To Rock
Joachim Spieth - Use Case
Reinhard Voigt - Kontakt 2
Reinhard Voigt - Protekt
Voigt & Voigt - Vision 04
Freiland - Grün (Jens Harke Mix)
Dj Koze - Der Sänger Von St. Georg
Fuchsbau - Null/eins
Naum - Ari
July 12, 2023
Label: Slash – SR-103
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: Oct 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk
The Germs - GI (Full Album) 1979
Label: Slash – SR-103
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: Oct 1979
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk
July 11, 2023
Nostalgia is a longing for the past, but psychologists are coming to realise it can focus on the future too
https://psyche.co/ideas/you-can-feel-nostalgia-for-things-that-you-havent-yet-lost
Most of us are familiar with nostalgia: a longing remembrance of, say, a wedding, a graduation or a family celebration. It’s a predominantly positive feeling, though it’s mixed with a tinge of longing for what’s already gone. As the author Michael Chabon wrote in The New Yorker in ‘The True Meaning of Nostalgia’ (2017), it’s a moment when ‘you have placed a phone call directly into the past and heard an answering voice.’
That’s the usual take on the emotion, but recently psychologists have come to recognise that there is more than one type of nostalgia, including some varieties that are focused less on the past, and more on the future, called ‘anticipated nostalgia’ and ‘anticipatory nostalgia’ (there’s some indication that other emotions can be experienced in an anticipatory way too, such as enjoyment, anxiety, pride, self-anger and relief, but it’s only in recent years that psychologists have looked at nostalgia in this light).
Anticipated nostalgia is having the foresight that you will one day be nostalgic for a certain experience. ‘Anticipated emotions are expected to be experienced in the future,’ says Wing Yee Verbon Cheung, at the University of Winchester. As the country singer Trace Adkins sang: ‘You’re gonna miss this,/ You’re gonna want this back,/ You’re gonna wish these days hadn’t gone by so fast.’
Meanwhile, anticipatory nostalgia is missing what has not yet been lost, that is still taking place, according to Krystine Batcho at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. Despite having similar names, the distinction between anticipated and anticipatory nostalgia is when the emotion is experienced: the yearn of anticipatory nostalgia occurs in the present moment, whereas the emotional pang of anticipated nostalgia has yet to come.
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You can feel nostalgia for things that you haven't yet lost
Nostalgia is a longing for the past, but psychologists are coming to realise it can focus on the future too
https://psyche.co/ideas/you-can-feel-nostalgia-for-things-that-you-havent-yet-lost
Most of us are familiar with nostalgia: a longing remembrance of, say, a wedding, a graduation or a family celebration. It’s a predominantly positive feeling, though it’s mixed with a tinge of longing for what’s already gone. As the author Michael Chabon wrote in The New Yorker in ‘The True Meaning of Nostalgia’ (2017), it’s a moment when ‘you have placed a phone call directly into the past and heard an answering voice.’
That’s the usual take on the emotion, but recently psychologists have come to recognise that there is more than one type of nostalgia, including some varieties that are focused less on the past, and more on the future, called ‘anticipated nostalgia’ and ‘anticipatory nostalgia’ (there’s some indication that other emotions can be experienced in an anticipatory way too, such as enjoyment, anxiety, pride, self-anger and relief, but it’s only in recent years that psychologists have looked at nostalgia in this light).
Anticipated nostalgia is having the foresight that you will one day be nostalgic for a certain experience. ‘Anticipated emotions are expected to be experienced in the future,’ says Wing Yee Verbon Cheung, at the University of Winchester. As the country singer Trace Adkins sang: ‘You’re gonna miss this,/ You’re gonna want this back,/ You’re gonna wish these days hadn’t gone by so fast.’
Meanwhile, anticipatory nostalgia is missing what has not yet been lost, that is still taking place, according to Krystine Batcho at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York. Despite having similar names, the distinction between anticipated and anticipatory nostalgia is when the emotion is experienced: the yearn of anticipatory nostalgia occurs in the present moment, whereas the emotional pang of anticipated nostalgia has yet to come.
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July 11, 2023
Label: Razor Records (2) – RAZ 6
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk
Living with Unemployment
The Newtown Neurotics - Living with Unemployment (1983)Label: Razor Records (2) – RAZ 6
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: UK
Released: 1983
Genre: Rock
Style: Punk
July 10, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Yevgeny Prigozhin five days after the Wagner mercenary boss led a failed mutiny, the Kremlin has revealed. The BBC's Russia Editor gets to grips with the latest twist in the Wagner saga.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world--66154912
So, let me get this straight. On the morning of 24 June, the day of the mutiny, Vladimir Putin accused the Wagner leadership of "treachery" and "a stab in the back". Later that day, Russian air force pilots were killed, shot down by Wagner fighters.
Then, with the mercenaries just 200km (120 miles) from the Russian capital, the Kremlin and Wagner did a deal. The mutiny was over. No-one was arrested. No-one has been prosecuted.
Not only was Yevgeny Prigozhin not clapped in irons and hauled off to the police station for his rebellion. It's now emerged that five days later he was in the Kremlin, together with his commanders, sitting round the table and chatting with President Putin.
Yet another twist and turn in a story that's already surpassed Dostoyevsky for levels of surprise and mystery. What we don't know, though, is what exactly was said at that meeting and how it concluded. Judging by what's happened since, this was no "kiss and make up".
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Putin meets Prigozhin: Getting to grips with latest twist in Wagner saga
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Yevgeny Prigozhin five days after the Wagner mercenary boss led a failed mutiny, the Kremlin has revealed. The BBC's Russia Editor gets to grips with the latest twist in the Wagner saga.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world--66154912
So, let me get this straight. On the morning of 24 June, the day of the mutiny, Vladimir Putin accused the Wagner leadership of "treachery" and "a stab in the back". Later that day, Russian air force pilots were killed, shot down by Wagner fighters.
Then, with the mercenaries just 200km (120 miles) from the Russian capital, the Kremlin and Wagner did a deal. The mutiny was over. No-one was arrested. No-one has been prosecuted.
Not only was Yevgeny Prigozhin not clapped in irons and hauled off to the police station for his rebellion. It's now emerged that five days later he was in the Kremlin, together with his commanders, sitting round the table and chatting with President Putin.
Yet another twist and turn in a story that's already surpassed Dostoyevsky for levels of surprise and mystery. What we don't know, though, is what exactly was said at that meeting and how it concluded. Judging by what's happened since, this was no "kiss and make up".
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